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The life span of Solid State Memories for Backups

The Decay Problem

Long-term data retention in storage media is a real and often underestimated problem. Data stored on devices such as SD cards, USB flash drives, and SSDs can slowly degrade over time due to physical limitations of the underlying technology. Factors like age, temperature, humidity, manufacturing quality, and prior wear all influence how long data can be reliably preserved.

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